It's because to do that would indicate some wrong doing on America's part.
http://centurychina.com/plaboard/uploads/EP-3.jpg
Inspection of the damaged P3 ORion is consistent with the Chinese claim
that,
"Our aircraft's heading was 110 degree. The US aircraft was flying 400
meters to the right of ours and in parallel. The US plane all the sudden
made a large maneuver, it turned inland ward and toward our plane, it's nose
and left wing colided with one of our plane, causing it to lose control and
crash into the sea."
Here is a picture of the J8 aircraft.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/j-8-2_11.jpg
Now by ICAO standards, the slowest moving plane in the sky has the right
away, and in this case the P3 would have been that plane..so if the pilot
veered away its up to the Interceptor, the CHinese, to maintain
seperation.There are also unconfirmed reports that the second J8 fired
cannons over the bow of the P3, forcing it down in China.
The normal procedure in that situation when a plane is damaged and pilot
bails, would have been for the J8 to have orbited the area where the Pilot
went down, to assist SAR. However, the pilot obviously had other things on
his mind, and one has to question what the heck China's true intentions were
when they sent those two planes. Perhaps it wasn't just for 'intercept'.
But think about how an American would feel if circumstances were reversed
and a Chinese plane that was SPYING on America killed an american pilot!
COuld you imagine the outrage??
Why should the world, or Americans expect a different reaction from the
Chinese themselves, a culture far more rigid and focused on maintaining its
sovereignty than America's culture??
America won't apologise, because it can't admit to wrong doing in this
case...whether they were right or wrong, because it would set a bad
precedent for the future. It's not like they are going to STOP spying on
China.
However, the American response to threaten China and to draft bills in
parliaments to block their entry from the World Trade Organisation, and also
to somehow influence their eligibility as a site for the 2008 olympics isn't
kosher either.
China could very well have returned the pilots a long time ago, the extended
length of time that they are keeping them, and questioning them however is
necessary to appease its public, and also to save face. It also seems to
suggest that the P3 was onto something, since they have boarded the spy
plane and removed equipment.
Its a very very edgy situation right now..because we are talking about China
here, America needs ties in the Chinese economy..and their relation with
China can also affect their relationships with other countries in that
region.Don't forget the ongoing situation with Taiwan.
You can read more on the Chinese view of the matter here:
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/jan-june01/chinaamb_4-4.html
Henry Kissinger had this to say about the incident:
"HENRY KISSINGER: To say we are sorry, we can say we are sorry for the loss
of the Chinese airplane and for the... we are sorry for the loss of life
that has been caused. The spy planes are not a pleasant thing for the target
of this spy plane. But when you operate in international waters and if it is
a fact -- which I believe it is -- that we operated in international waters,
it is the legitimate right of the United States to do that. It is also the
legitimate right of the Chinese to shadow these planes, and what we have
here is an accident that two planes in close proximity, one of them veered
into the other, and whoever did the veering should be determined by some
sort of factual investigation. For the Chinese, the issue of sovereignty is
something that is tied to 150 years of feeling discriminated against by
colonialists. And then there was the recent incident, the recent -- a few
years ago -- where the Chinese embassy in Belgrade was bombed. "
Note he veers well away from advocating a blanket apology at this
stage..which is what the Chinese originally wanted.
-Gel
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